ARA Libertad (Q-2)

For other ships with the same name, see ARA Libertad.
Libertad entering Dársena Norte, Buenos Aires
History
Argentina
NameLibertad
Owner Argentine Navy
Ordered13 November 1953 (from a 1946 project)[1]
BuilderRío Santiago Shipyard, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Laid down11 December 1953[1]
Launched30 May 1956[1]
Commissioned28 May 1963[1]
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
TypeSteel hulled, full-rigged class "A"[2][3] tall ship
Displacement3,765 tonnes[4]
Length103.75 m (340.4 ft)[4] (hull 91.7 meters)
Beam14.31 m (46.9 ft)[4]
Draft6.60 m (21.7 ft)[4]
PropulsionPre mlu: 2 × Sulzer diesel engines[4] Post mlu: 2 × MAN diesel engines B&W mod. 6L23/30-D, each with 6 inline cylinders and 960 kW at 900 rpm[5]
SpeedPre mlu: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)[4] (engine power only) Post mlu: 13.73 knots (25.43 km/h)[5] (engine power only)
Range12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h)[4] (engine power only)
Complement24 officers, 187 crewmen, as well as 150 cadets[4]
Armament4 47 mm QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss cannons[6]

ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel-hulled, full-rigged, class "A"[2][3] sailing ship that serves as a school vessel in the Argentine Navy. One of the largest[7] and fastest tall ships in the world,[8][9] holder of several speed records,[3] she was designed and built in the 1950s by the Río Santiago Shipyard, Ensenada, Argentina.[4] Her maiden voyage was in 1961, and she continues to be a training ship with yearly instruction trips for the graduating naval cadets as well as a traveling goodwill ambassador,[8][10] having covered more than 800,000 nautical miles (1,500,000 km) across all seas, visited about 500 ports in more than 60 countries,[11] and trained more than 11,000 navy graduates.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Libertad en el Mar. El sitio web de la Fragata Libertad. 200 Años Bicentenario Argentino" (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  2. ^ a b "STI measurement form" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-01-10. Class "A" denotes any sailing vessel over 40 meters in length and all square-rigged vessels
  3. ^ a b c "Three Masted Tall Ships". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Armada Argentina. Buque Escuela" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Estado Mayor General de la Armada. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  5. ^ a b c "Modernización Fragata ARA Libertad" (PDF) (in Spanish, English, and Portuguese). Pan American Institute of Naval Engineering. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  6. ^ Stephen Saunders (1 July 2005). Jane's Fighting Ships 2005–2006. Jane's Information Group.
  7. ^ "The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's Tall Ship Top Ten List". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Sail Boston 2009". Sail Boston. Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  9. ^ "A Salute to the Fourth; Pride of Many Nations, in Oak, Pine, Iron and Steel". The New York Times. 30 June 2000. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ Luis Martino, Argentina’s Charge D’Affaires to Guyana (16 July 2011). Libertad comes a-calling, bearing message of peace, friendship (Speech). Guyana Chronicle Online. The main mission of the ship as it sails through the seas of the world every year is to convey the main message of solidarity, friendship, and peace to the peoples of the countries that it visits. [...] The Argentine Navy says that the fundamental mission of the frigate is to train future officers of the Argentine Navy by instilling in them the virtues of men and women of goodwill, and transmitting the knowledge of navigation through the seas of the world, carrying a message of peace and friendship to all the nations it visits, a message deeply rooted in each member of the crew.
  11. ^ "Argentine Navy sail ship visiting Manila". The Manila Times. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2013.